"as urbanists, we are passionate about the resurgence and revitalization of the city"

PLAN studio

"art (architecture) is nature selected, arranged, sublimated, triply refined, but still nature, however refracted in and by consciousness"

Claude Bragdon

"each one of us has, somewhere in his heart, the dream to make a living world, a universe"

Christopher Alexander

"a great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured"

Louis Kahn

"architecture is like grafting, we are constantly inserting new objects into existing organisms (contexts) in hopes that they adapt, take life, and add to their environment"

Lopez

"the means involved in the program of a rocket to the moon are almost infinitely complex (yet) the goal is simple…the means involved in the program and structure of a building are far simpler…(however) the purpose is more complex..."